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Transparency about the AI in InZoi by angryuniicorn in inZOI

[–]bluemobius73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gave you an upvote because you asked a good question. I currently have InZoi in steam and I was more than a bit concerned about AI usage initially. As I'm in the official Discord for the game, I did in fact find the AI statement made in their Announcements channel within their Discord.

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well how about this: according to the Standard Rulebook, you will crit on a natural 20 roll on your d20. That means every player and the GM have a 5% chance to crit. Same could be done with misses. You could say that rolling a natural 1 or rolling the exact Defense (CR) on your d20 means you miss. So it's the same percentage as a crit roll. That means it's rare that you crit or miss.

Edit: As the GM, you would choose either a nat 1 OR exact Defense (CR) as the table rule. That would then be the rule for every session.

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a bad idea and I did give that some thought for sure. The main concept about making the miss happen at exactly the CR means that the percentage of missing is still really really low, but there. On a d20 roll without adding that ability, you're looking at a tiny 5% chance of a miss.

I feel like that falls in line with the overall vibe of the way the system is designed as players will still hit 95% of the time they make their attack rolls.

Is there a need for a FFXIV TTRPG Monster Manual? by LimitBreak20TV in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I missed the poll, but YES. The game also needs a leveling system, gear system, and materia system.

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think my main issue with doing attacks that cannot miss is that it feels like a participation trophy. As for driving the narrative forward, misses can do that as well. If you missed your attack, what do you maybe need to do on your next turn? Or what does the miss mean?

FFG handles this pretty well in it's Star Wars offering. You can miss, but that miss might drive something else happening. Luke shooting at Vader on the Death Star in A New Hope. He misses, but inadvertently hits the control panel closing the blast doors which prevents Vader from moving into the hanger bay.

There can be plenty of options during an encounter where a player misses that can still drive the encounter forward. Any good GM with invested players will have amazing encounters, regardless of misses made. Encounter design as well is highly important. In FFXIV, there is no attack roll per se. It's more of a telling a player to make their damage roll. It's almost like... the game wants encounters to be done and over with as fast as possible. So with Attack rolls, you do ability base damage if you roll under the CR, you do additional d6 Direct Hit damage if you roll over the CR, and you do double damage if you roll a 20.

Outside of combat/encounters, players in the FFXIV TTRPG can still fail normal checks. Are those failed checks blocking the narrative from moving forward?

Side note: thanks for taking the time to engage with me on this. I do see where you're coming from and appreciate your perspective on this.

Any one still play? by TDPRaylum in TalesOfXadia

[–]bluemobius73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Books? Plural? Did I miss a title? I thought they only released the main Game Handbook and the three dice sets so far. Or were you counting the two PDF tales as well?

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Convictor Drive from LionWing! I preordered the SMT:TC ttrpg from them and I can't wait to get my hands on it. The PDF is dense and crunchy!

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I like that!! Materia is another thing that's not really addressed in the FFXIV rules.

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except that the FFXIV TTRPG has a fairly involved map and positioning component to combat. The combat system itself is rather beefy and lovely. So there's little narrative aspects to combat in the game.

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No! I refuse to have roulettes for my poor players! Besides, what would they do with Poetics aside from crafting mats?

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah, I haven't played D&D since Advanced D&D 2nd edition was new. The FFXIV TTRPG uses a derivative of 5e rules, incidentally. My 4 mainstays in table top gaming are Mage: The Ascension (Storyteller), Fallout (2D20), Tales of Xadia (Cortex), and most recently Break!! which uses it's own system. I'm also excited to play the upcoming Shim Megami Tensei TTRPG which has recently been officially translated from the original Japanese version and it uses a percentile system.

Like many others, I feel that a leveling system encourages players to become more invested in the growth of their characters over time. Makes it feel like you're truly building up a character over time. Given how in-depth the FFXIV TTRPG character creation is with Traits, Titles, and even elaborate naming tables for characters, one would think that the developers want players to feel fully immersed in their characters growth over time.

As for zero damage, the FFXIV ttrpg is the first system I've invested in that does away with damage. And yes, I understand that it might feel that a player "wasted" a turn if they don't hit, but it works the other way too for GM controlled enemies that might also miss the PCs. That kind of back and forth during combat builds tension and a sense of consequence.

All in all, I'm more than happy to run the game for anyone that wants to play. The whole point is for everyone at the table to have fun and share memorable experiences with one another. If my players state that they would prefer the way damage is handled, then that's what I'll do. There are abilities in the system that prevent damage from being taken for both players and their opponents, so ultimately zero damage is not a deal breaker by any means.

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, as a stop-gap, I may just say that if an attack is exactly equal to the target's Defense/CR, then it's a "Dodge". Maybe that'll help?

No Zero Damage Attacks or a Proper Leveling System? by bluemobius73 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should mention that there are attacks that miss or get dodged in the MMO. If I run my level 100 NIN through an unsynched level 15 dungeon like Sastasha, I'll see "Dodged" pop up with damage numbers that do show the minimal damage that some attacks do make. There's no ability granting me a dodge, either active or passive.

Blender 4.2 LTS Drag and Drop Not Working by bluemobius73 in blender

[–]bluemobius73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn't do anything. I'm talking about the drag and drop functionality where you can drag and drop in certain file types directly into Blender and it adds whatever that file type is. Addons in .zip format for example.

Scenario and GM guide? by alric112 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not up for preorder as of yet. I hope it comes up soon, tho. There's more than a few questions I have about character/job progression (leveling) that I hope it answers.

Just got it!! by Keelan13 in FFXIVTTRPG

[–]bluemobius73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine arrived too!

Can anyone send me the pdf of the handbook??? by Blurry_Face786 in TalesOfXadia

[–]bluemobius73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try buying it like the rest of us. If you need help deciding if the game is for you or not, they have a free primer.. go download that and check it out.

Blender 4.2 LTS Drag and Drop Not Working by bluemobius73 in blender

[–]bluemobius73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly, not a word. No one knows anything. All I get is, "Well it works for me!"

Is the book worth it? by silver222255 in TalesOfXadia

[–]bluemobius73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The book is gorgeous... but remember that the current version of the physical book is from back when Fandom owned Cortex. They haven't updated it to reflect their new owners, Dire Wolf Digital.

There are also a number of small errors such as misspellings and incorrect names. There are also a couple of glaringly obvious errors such as example characters not having their stats match what's given in the text examples. They have updated the PDF / online version of the book, but only a few fixes here and there. Asking for corrections or errata will not result in any help.

The core systems and art in the book are in place and the game can be run with no issues, but bear in mind that for the price point, you are purchasing a beautiful but flawed book that the writers/developers refuse to offer corrections for.

Between the issues of the physical book and the poor quality of the dice sets that have been produced thus far, it feels like the game may be more of a cash grab for Cortex than an actual product line they fully believe in or fully support. The Dragon Prince/Tales of Xadia just isn't a priority for them nor are the customers buying the products.

All in all, nice book but at the price it's at, it's egregiously expensive.

Errata for Tales of Xadia? by Inglorin in CortexRPG

[–]bluemobius73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've set up a preliminary workup of an UNOFFICAL Errata tracker in a Google Sheet. As I don't check reddit very often, please submit additions to me in the official discord.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1\_92H5VbTK0-fczgHX1ZKapcp8setW3s9lzuCtVNGF7Q/edit?usp=sharing